Governance and statutes
The tasks, rights and obligations of the Donau Soja Association and its boards, bodies and members are set out in its statutes.
Acceptance of the statutes is a pre-requisite for membership of the Donau Soja Association.
Find the Donau Soja statutes here.
The Donau Soja Organisation comprises a non-profit association, a 100% non-profit subsidiary (Donau Soja gGmbH), and offices in Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.
For details about the structure of the Donau Soja Organisation, please refer to the Donau Soja statutes.
ASSOCIATION
The Donau Soja bodies are the General Assembly, the Board, the Steering Committee (Presidium), the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Auditors, the Advisory Board and the Scientific Advisory Board.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Ordinary General Assembly is the “members’ meeting” and is held annually, within nine months after the end of the fiscal year.
BOARD
The Board currently has 13 members. The Board meets six times a year and is responsible for decisions on the Donau Soja guidelines, as well as projects and strategies.
Matthias Krön (Chairman)
Donau Soja (AT)
Michael Klaffenböck (Deputy Chairman)
Verband Österreichischer Schweinebauern (Austrian Pork Farmers Union) (AT)
Natalia Hordiichuk
Agritema (UA)
Hannah Mittner
Lidl Stiftung (DE)
Nataša Pucar
Bimal (BiH)
Carsten Lentz Storm
Intergrain (LUX)
Cristina dalla Bona
Cereal Docks (IT)
Lukas Wiesmüller
Spar Österreich (AT)
Gerald Gruber
Fixkraft-Futtermittel (AT)
Michaela Meyer
EDEKA Südwest (DE)
Robert Pichler
Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband / RWA (AT)
Ingrid Schlichenmaier
BAG Ölmühle (BAG Oil Mill) (AT)
Rene van der Poel
ADM (DE)
The auditors are Ernst Ternon and Johann Blaimauer.
STEERING COMITTEE (PRAESIDIUM)
The Steering Committee (Praesidium) considers suggestions offered by the Board. These may be accepted or rejected. The Steering Committee currently consists of 12 persons drawn from businesses and organisations.
Chuk Viacheslaw
Astarta-Kyiv (UA)
Florian Faber
ARGE Gentechnik-frei (Platform for GMO-Free Food Products) (AT)
Felix Gohn
Fritz Mauthner Handelsges.m.b.H. & Co KG (AT)
Benjamin Laga
Protealis (BE)
Amos Ramsauer
Agriprotein GmbH (DE)
Michael Wurzer
Geflügelwirtschaft Österreich (AT)
Andrin Dietziker
Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft (CH)
Christian Gaisböck
Deutsche Saatgut (DE)
Andreas Grund
SAATBAU LINZ (AT)
Jakub Lunter
The New Originals Company (AT)
Anna Seiwerth
Lajtamag Kft (HU)
Bogdan Zigic
Biofor (RS)
ADVISORY BOARDS
Donau Soja Association has two advisory boards covering two different task areas: a Technical Advisory Board and a Scientific Advisory Board.
Technical Advisory Board
The Technical Advisory Board supports and counsels the Association on content-related decisions and consists of 12 persons drawn from both the private business sector and civil society.
Helmut Gaugitsch
Umweltbundesamt (Austrian Environmental Agency) (AT)
Piero Ciriani
Soia Italia (IT)
Yulia Garkavenko
UkrAgroConsult (UA)
Andreas Lidauer
Hofer KG (AT)
Daniele Marcomin
Agriholism (IT)
Francois Paybou
Lidea (FR)
Ursula Bittner
Greenpeace (AT)
Michael Duspiwa
UBM Agrar GmbH (AT)
Martin Greßl
Agrarmarkt Austria (AT)
Tobias Ludes
Global Nature Fund (DE)
Adolf Marksteiner
LKÖ (AT)
Philipp Gloning
Bayrisches Staatsministerium (DE)
Scientific Advisory Board
The purpose of the Scientific Advisory Board is to provide the Association with independent scientific advice in order to support the full range of Donau Soja’s activities. This includes advice on planning scientific investigations, and the positions the association should take on wider scientific matters. The overall goal of the Scientific Advisory Board is to support evidence-based decision making. It consists of ten persons drawn from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds, including universities and research institutes. Its composition is designed to cover a range of research disciplines and backgrounds which are relevant to the development of sustainable cropping systems using soya and related value chains.
The following Association and commercial authorised signatories have been registered as members of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Donal Murphy Bokern
(DE)
Johann Vollmann
Danijel Jug
Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, Osijek (HR)
Werner Sitzmann
Research Institute of Feed Technology (DE)
Helmut Feitzlmayr
Landwirtschaftskammer Oberösterreich (AT)
Reinhard Puntigam
University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen (DE)
Thomas Nemecek
Agroscope (CH)
Jegor Milandinovic
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (RS)
Elisabeth Reiter
AGES Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AT)
Leonard Sagis
University of Wageningen (NL)
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